I'm sorry

I have to find you

"He's gone! I told you guys something was wrong!" Sasuke desperately screamed from Naruto's living room door.

Shikamaru went through the whole apartment searching for the blue eyed Shinobi while Kakashi kneeled down in front of the desperate raven boy.

"Why do you think something's wrong, Sasuke? He might just have gone to have a walk or something..." he tried to soothe the boy in front of him.

"He told me to make Sakura happy, Kakashi. He told me that I loved her and he told me to make her happy!" Sasuke sobbed! He knew perfectly well that Naruto wasn't just having a damn walk. This was serious. He needed to find him but he didn't know if his body was actually going to respond since he was uncontrollably sobbing and trembling now. "I don't want to make her happy, Kakashi! I want her fucking away from me! I want to make Naruto happy!"

Shikamaru got back with them after finding absolutely no signs of Naruto in the house and he heard the last part of what Sasuke said. He might be right. Maybe there was actually something wrong, very wrong. When Sasuke saw Shikamaru coming back from inside the apartment he stood up and grabbed the slightly younger Shinobi by his shoulders.

"Where is he, Shikamaru. Please tell me he's somewhere around here!" He cried and spoke in despair.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke. He's not here" Shikamaru said and something strange came from inside him making him hug Sasuke softly. The black haired boy hugged him back tightly as he cried louder and harder every second. Kakashi looked at the scene stunned as he had never seen Sasuke clinging onto someone like that. Shikamaru waited a few moments and then he grabbed Sasuke's shoulders taking him a bit further from him so the other boy would look at him.

"We will find him, Sasuke. I promise you I won't let anything happen to him. I promise" he said while looking deeply into the black eyes of the crying boy. He nodded back and took a few shaky deep breaths to try and gain some composure. "Maybe we should talk to Godaime-sama?" The Nara boy suggested looking at the older Jonin who just nodded and the three of them went to find Tsunade.

One day had to pass and it was going to be one week since Naruto had disappeared. Sasuke cried every night and he stayed in Naruto's house now, sleeping in his bed and filling himself with his scent. The rest of the day he was making Tsunade miserable by begging her to send him looking for Naruto. The Hokage had sent shinobis looking for him but she hadn't allowed Sasuke to get involved because he was too desperate. That afternoon, things were no different.

"Tsunade-sama please!" He begged.

"Stop it, Sasuke. This is not up for discussion!" She shouted back at him.

"Ok, but at least, promise me you won't send Sakura in this mission"

"May I ask why you're asking me for that?" She asked seriously and avoided eye contact with the boy. She didn't want to intimidate him.

"She... uhmmm... it scares me that maybe they could actually find him and... she could say something stupid to him and he will runaway again" he said with a shaky voice as he was about to cry again.

"Calm down brat. I won't send her. I know the deal between the three of you and I understand your fear" Tsunade answered calmly, which worked on easing the boy a little bit.

"Thank you, baa-chan" he said unconsciously. A blush took place in his face when he realized what he had just said. "Hokage-sama, I mean. I'm so sorry!!" He lowered his head frenetically apologizing. Tsunade laughed softly. A hint of sadness as the memory of Naruto came to her mind.

"You truly love him, don't you, Sasuke?"

"More than anything in this world" he said with his cheeks still bright pink. He still felt a little embarrassed but he decided to never ever deny his love for Naruto again. Never!